Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-06-03
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

William SOnderman has been COM
mitted to the asylum from Tacoma,
az insane.
Puyallup Commerce seems to be
thriving like a hop-vine in its new
field of labor.
Alex. Cunningham, a well-known
ship carpenter of Port Blakely, died
suddenly in Seattle, a few days ago.
The Puget Sound annual NJ. E. Con-
ference will convene at Olympia on the
7th of September, and will be presided
over by Bishop r. S. Foster, d. D., LII.
d., of Boston.
John Ames died from an overdose of
morphine, at the Puget Sound Hospi-
tai, Seattle, taken to relieve suffering
from lung trouble, one day this
week. He had lately come to the
Sound from Butte, Montana.
The Northern Pacific railroad COM
pany has cOuntermanded the order
sent from Portland for 200 Cinnamon.
The pay of white men has been in
creased from 50 to 50 SO per day,
which has resulted in the securing of
the necessary force.
J. r. Holman, an old settler, died at
his ranch in the upper Muck country
on Saturday evening of heart disease,
and was buried upon his farm on
Monday. The deceased leaves a wife
and three small children. He was
about 63 years of age and an old Mex
lean soldier.
Assistant General Manager J. NJ.
Buckley's private car passed over the
switchback after the driving of the
last spike" and on to Ellensburg
where Mr.. Buckley now is. Before re-
turning to Tacoma he will proceed. to
the Mullan tunnel, and inspect matters
at that point. o..
The Puyallup, White, Stuck and
other rivers flowing from the noun
tains are very much swollen just now,
the result of the recent warm weather,
which has resolved the snow of the
mountains into river water. A num-
Der of hop farms in the valley are
flooded and the water threatens to
submerge the railroad.
Skagit Neus, 3lst ult.: As we GO
to press the river is still rising very
rapidly, with every prospect of contin-
uing. No doubt this will be the larg-
est freshest that has visited the Skagit
for years. The water has commenced
to break over the banks at Mann's
Landing. About half a mile below
town the water is running over into
the low marsh land lying along the
foothills.
News: Judge Allyn has inaugurated
a very sensible policy in regard to
clerks of the court. He has decided
that the clerk at Olympia shall not
carpet-bag it around from town to
town and thereby rake off the fat of
the entire district. Hereafter each
clerk will be required to look after his
own charge, and will receive the emol-
uments of the position. This is as it
should be. The spoils of the position
will now 60 to the men who do the
work.
The employees of the Northern Pa
cific railroad company in Tacoma
have formed an association known as
the Pacific Railroad Club" The
officers of the association are Newman
Kline, President; Otis Sprague, Vice
President; C. c. Pagett, Jr., Secretary
and Treasurer. The club numbers
about fifty members. The purpose
for which it was organized are of
social nature and to consider and dis
cuss questions relative to railroad
matters.
The Spangle Record reports that two
complete moulds for counterfeiting
trade dollars, which looked as ii they
had been used recently, were found
few days ago in a cabin near Mar
shall, on the line of the s. and p. rail-
way. The moulds were destroyed, but
no clue to the counterfeiters was dis
covered. The hut in which they were
found was built by woOdchoppers
about year ago, but has had no
known occupants for the past ten
| months.
The swelling streams and mountain
freshets have caused the Columbus
river to rise SO high that the transfer
of trains from Kalama to Hunters
station in Oregon had to be aband-
oned Wednesday and it may be for
several days before the Northern Pa
cific will be able to run its trains over
the ferry. During this time the
steamer Bonita will connect with the
trains at Kalama and carry all passen.
gers and mails to Columbia City in
Oregon, about 81 miles from Port
land, and then return with the over
land passengers and mails.
Coffee is up, says the Pr, to war
times" prices, or to the prices that
prevailed in the COS. Two months
ago Costa RIGA, for instance, was re-
failing in the local market at the rate
of five pounds to the dollar, and one
month ago, four pounds to the dollar.
The rate now is three pounds, or o
higher rate than it has sold for during
the past twenty years. Coffee buyers
are astonished nowadays at the small
packages of coffee they get for their
great big dollars. A short stock on
hand in the markets of the world and
crop shortage in Brazil are said to be
causes for the present advance.
Assistant General Manager Buckley
of the Northern Pacific Railroad COM,
pany, with the approval of General
Manager Cakes, has announced the
following: "On completion of this
company line over the Cascade noun, j.,
tains, that portion of the road ,now
known as Cascade East and Cascade
West divisions, will be operated as the
Cascade division, between Pasco juno
ton and Tacoma, Washington Terri
tory. The following appointments are
in effect up to this date: C. B. Cole is
appointed Superintendent of Cascade
division, and OF Pacific division and
branches, vice Otis Sprague, resigned,
with headquarters at Tacoma. c. s.
Powell is appointed Assistant Super
intendent of Cascade division, with